SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 1982
CAR NUMBER 7777 FETCHES $290 000 FOR CHARITY
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THIRTY-FIVE SPECIAL VEHICLE REGISTRATION NUMBERS WERE SOLD BY AUCTION THIS MORNING (SATURDAY) FOR A TOTAL OF $596 100 WHICH WILL GO INTO THE GOVERNMENT LOTTERIES FUND FOR CHARITY PURPOSES.
THE AUCTION HELD AT THE COMMITTEE ROOM, QUEEN ELIZABETH STADIUM, WAN CHAI SAW THE REGISTRATION NUMBER 7777 FETCH THE HIGHEST PRICE OF $290 000.
ANOTHER NUMBER AT 1 WAS SOLD AT THE SECOND HIGHEST PRICE OF $123 000 WHILE THE LOWEST PRICE WAS $1 000 FOR CS379, CS1635, CS9616, CS1138, CS1789 AND CS631.
THE OTHER SPECIAL REGISTRATION NUMBERS WERE SOLD AT THE FOLLOWING PRICES:
CT1288
$ 2 000
CL 88
$22 000
CS 330 $ 5 000
CS 899 $ 2 600
CS 748
$ 3 000
AA 820
$ 3.000
CS 328
$13 000
CS8388
$ 5 000
CP 78
$11.000
CS 118
$16 000
AS 888
$19 000
CS 900
$ 7 000
CS8838 $ 8 000
CM 55
$ 5 000
CS8283
$ 3 000
CS3278 $ 4 000
CT 181
$ 6 000
AY 208
$ 4 000
CS8783 $ 4 000
CC 678
$ 4 000
CS1288
$ 4 000
CF 100
$10 000
CS 378
$ 2 000
CS 732
$ 5 000
CR8688 $ 5 000
CS1833
$
$ 2.500
CS3882
$ 3 000
SUCCESSFUL BIDDERS WILL BE REQUIRED TO PAY IN CASH OR BY
CHEQUE IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE BIDDING.
THE NUMBERS AUCTIONED WILL BE ASSIGNED ONLY TO VEHICLES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDERS WITHIN 12 MONTHS OF THE DATE OF AUCTION.
TODAY'S SALE, THE 74TH ORGANISED BY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SINCE MAY 1973, BROUGHT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR CHARITY REALISED SO FAR TO $24 573 532.
PARKING METERS FOR HUNG HOM AND KOWLOON CITY
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ON-STREET PARKING METERS WILL BE INSTALLED ON CHEONG HANG ROAD IN HUNG HOM ON TUESDAY (APRIL 20).
THE METERS WILL ALSO BE INSTALLED ON TUNG LEI ROAD, BEHIND BLOCK 23, TUNG TAU ESTATE IN KOWLOON CITY ON FRIDAY (APRIL 23).
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